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    Viṣṇu Smṛti

    Chapter 57

    Viṣṇu

    Vi_57

    atha tyājyāḥ // Vi_57.1 //

    vrātyāḥ // Vi_57.2 //

    patitāḥ // Vi_57.3 //

    tripuruṣaṃ mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaś cāśuddhāḥ // Vi_57.4 //

    sarva evābhojyāś cāpratigrāhyāḥ // Vi_57.5 //

    apratigrāhyebhyaś ca pratigrahaprasaṅgaṃ varjayet // Vi_57.6 //

    pratigraheṇa brāhmaṇānāṃ brāhmaṃ tejaḥ praṇaśyati // Vi_57.7 //

    dravyāṇāṃ vāvijñāya pratigrahavidhiṃ yaḥ pratigrahaṃ kuryāt sa dātrā saha nimajjati // Vi_57.8 //

    pratigrahasamarthaś ca yaḥ pratigrahaṃ varjayet sa dātṛlokam avāpnoti // Vi_57.9 //

    edhodakamūlaphalābhayāmiṣamadhuśayyāsanagṛhapuṣpadadhiśākaṃś cābhyudyatān na nirṇudet // Vi_57.10 //

    āhūyābhyudyatāṃ bhikṣāṃ purastād anucoditām /

    grāhyāṃ prajāpatir mene api duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ || Vi_57.11 ||

    nāśnanti pitaras tasya daśa varṣāṇi pañca ca /

    na ca havyaṃ vahaty agnir yas tām abhyavamanyate || Vi_57.12 ||

    gurūn bhṛtyān ujjihīrṣur arciṣyan pitṛdevatāḥ /

    sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyān na tu tṛpyet svayaṃ tataḥ || Vi_57.13 ||

    eteṣv api ca kāryeṣu samarthas tatpratigrahe /

    nādadyāt kulaṭāṣaṇḍha- patitebhyas tathā dviṣaḥ || Vi_57.14 ||

    guruṣu tv abhyatīteṣu vinā vā tair gṛhe vasan /

    ātmano vṛttim anvicchan gṛhṇīyāt sādhutaḥ sadā || Vi_57.15 ||

    ardhikaḥ kulamitraṃ ca dāsagopālanāpitāḥ /

    ete śūdreṣu bhojyānnā yaś cātmānaṃ nivedayet || Vi_57.16 ||